Alvaro Bretel

Alvaro Bretel

Head of Strategy MEA at Virtue Worldwide
Abu Dhabi, Emirados Árabes Unidos

Sumário

Alvaro is a Peruvian strategist with over 11 years of experience in agencies like Wunderman, MullenLowe and Grey. Moved to Dubai four years ago to head Wunderman Thompson Dubai's Strategy Department and in July 2020 moved to Virtue Worldwide, the agency born from VICE, as Head of Strategy for Middle East and Africa. He has over 80 awards and recognitions from national, regional and international award shows like Effie (MENA, LATAM and Peru), WARC, Dubai Lynx, El Ojo de Iberoamerica, MMA, IAB, Adforum, among others.

Alvaro has also been an instructor and guest speaker for several advertising schools like Miami Ad School (Peru), Escuela Superior de Creativos (Argentina), Brother (Peru), Planning Academy (Costa Rica), industry events like ‘Consumer Profile 2019’ (Costa Rica) as well as a professor, guest speaker and visiting lecturer for several universities in his home country and UAE.

Skills
Línguas
  • Inglês - Pro
  • Espanhol - Native

Positions

Head of Strategy MEA
Emirados Árabes Unidos
July 2020 - Present (3 anos 8 meses)
Strategic Planning Director
Dubai, Emirados Árabes Unidos
April 2016 - July 2020 (4 anos 3 meses)
A gut feeling driven strategist leading the Planning Department of a data driven agency.
Working on regional strategies (mass, digital, social) for the MENA region.

Clients: Unilever, GSK, Ford, Jotun, Henkel, SCA, Dubai Tourism
Strategic Planning Director
Perú
December 2014 - April 2016 (1 ano 4 meses)
The first planner in the agency and part of the agency’s directive team.
Part of the team that won 6 out of 6 pitches in 2015
Took part on The Institute 2015, Lowe’s global boot camp for rising stars.

Clients: Lenovo, Unilever, Nike, Cencosud Group, AJE Group (for 18 countries), Codelpa.

Strategic Planner
Lima, Perú
December 2013 - December 2014 (1 ano)
Responsible for developing communication strategies for all the agency’s clients. My tasks included market research, consumer understanding, creative briefs as well as brand architecture.

Clients: Mazda, LG, SABMiller, Molitalia, Sodimac, Claro, Pacífico Insurance, Falabella, Banco de Crédito del Perú (BCP), Frecuencia Latina, El Comercio, IFB Certus, San
Fernando

Educação

Strategic Planning / Advertising

2013 (1 ano)
Two online courses: Strategic Planning and Planning G8, given by Strategic Planners from Argentina and around the world.

Bachelor's degree in Advertising

2005 - 2010 (5 anos)

Other professional activities

PHNX Tribute 2020

Awards Jury Member

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